07-233Suspension Item — 3/07/07
RESOLUTION
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Council File # 07-233
Green Sheet # 3037530
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1 WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has more than 850 center line miles of roads and streets, which were
2 covered on back-to-back weekends with a total of 27 inches of heavy snow; and
4 WHEREAS, the Ciry of Saint Paul's Department of Public Works is chazged with implementing snow
5 removal through snow emergency plowing operations; and
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7 WHEREAS, more than several hundred City staff and others are chazged with cleazing ow streets of snow
8 within 20 hours on each snow emergency; and
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10 WHBREAS, on back-to-back weekends, the crews plowed and removed said snow under adverse
11 conditions without a single accident on the first snow emergency and only five (5) minor accidents on the
12 second snow emergency; and
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14 WHEREAS, Saint Paul's streets were cleared by Friday, while other cities were still working on theirs;
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16 THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED that the Saint Paul City Council hereby acknowledges with gratitude
17 the hazd work of every City employee in this effort and declares Wednesday, March 7, 2007 to be City of
18 Saint Paul Snow Emergency Worker Day in the City of Saint Paul.
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Councilmember Thune
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Declaring Mazch 7, 2007 W be Snow Emergency Worker Day in the Ciry of Saint Paul.
itlations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contrects MustAnswer the Foliowing Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firm everworked under a contract for this department?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission � 2. Has this pe[son/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this persoNfirm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee?
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